Drag link



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Patented July 1-4, 1925.;

UNITED-"STATES PATENT" OEHC s.

REYNOLD E. xmiess,

or cOLUMBUs, -310.

DRAG 1.11m.

Application filed- February '28, 1923. Serial K0. 621,882.

\ Be it known that I, REYNo'LD-E. KLAGES,

a citizenof the United. States of America,

and a resident of Columbus, {county of Franklin, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drag Links, of which the following is a full,

I clear, concise, and exact descriptiomsu'ch as and end showing't e -parts'di seonnected.

will enable others skilled in the art to which the invention relatesftomake and use the same, reference being made therein to' the accompanyingdrawings' which form a part of.

this specification. I

This invention relates to drag links and ,F gure 3 is a sectional view oi a link with parts in elevation and parts" broken away.

Figure 4 is a sectional view ofpart of a modified'form. In the-manufacture of drag llIlkS it is common practice to form the link from a tuofthe bular member. In some instances, a tube proper diameter for the outer ends of the lin central or body portion of the link is reduced or swaged to provide shoulders against which a bearing or spring may abut.

' In other instances, a tube of the desired dibearings as is usual in such constructions.

ameter is cutto proper length and the ends of the tube-are expanded toform enlarged chambers for the reception of springs and Links of this type are more or less expensive to manufacture. .In the present device the body portion of the link is made from a solid rod and the enlarged ends are secured to the rod -iFi'n Jilly sultable manner.

I once numeral, 10. indicates the-body erable to B using a solid rod? or the body portion, a link may be roduced withless expense than the tubular li 'k and in many instances is pref- {he more costly one Referring now to the drawings, the refer ortion of the link which-is, made' irom a so id rod.

The end portions oithe red are expanded which t 6 bearing is cut to the desired length and the 'T'h as shown at 11 and 12 to form the continu ous or attaching walls 13 and 1-4,-

The end or tubular portions 15 and 16 of the drag link are formed' from tubular I members. They have theirinner ends res duced or swaged as at 17 and'18'toform the shoulders 19 and 20. The diameters of the-body and end portions are so pro or t 1oned that. when the one isexpande to form the attaching wall and -the other I swaged' to form the reduced portion the attaching wall and the reduced portion are,

if circular,- of substantially the same diameter and the Walls are ofsubstantially the same thicknm whereby welding is facilitated and the weld has maximum strength. The reduced portions 17 and 18 aresecured to the walls 13 and '14 in any suitable manner as by welding.

The end portions 15and 16 are provided with the key hole slots 21 and 22. for the reception of the balls of the steering mechamsm as is usual in such constructions. The outer ends of the link are'provided with and 26. r The enlar ed and 16 isp'ro-v -'v1ded with the sp'rin '2 which is adapted to enga e the' sho'u der 20 and. ainst One side'ofthe ball 29 of the steering arm is adapted to engage the bearing28, the bearing 30 w ich rests against the l 26 engages the opposite side .of said e opposite end of-thelink difiers from the one just described in that the-spring '27 is interposed between the plug 25 and the bearing 30", instead of between the shoulder 19, and the. bearing 28', 'all of which is usual in such constructions.

By employing a tapered tool in form- ,ing t e recesses 1n the ends of the rod or body portio'nof the link the inner portions ofh the attaching walls are thick enough w ere a suflici'ent number of screw threads to support the grease cups 32. In other words,

it is not necessary to form bosses on the attachingwalls in order to attach the grease cups}l as in the usual construction.

e form shown in Figure 4 differs from I'that described above, in that tube 15" is not swaged, rod 10 being expanded at its end-to provide an attaching wall 13 equal in diameter to tube 15!, and which iswelded to the tube. .The grease cup 32 is placed in perforated as. shown at 31 to afl'ordthe internal screw threads 23 I and 24in i thereception o'f-the screw threaded plugs 28 is adapted to abut;

while the thickened portion of wall l3. as will be understood. c

It will thus be seen that by makin the body portion of the link from a solid rod the cost of material is less than where tubular rods are employed. for this purpose and that by enlarging the ends of the rod suitable tubular end portions may be welded thereto.

It is thought from the foregoing taken in connection with the accompanying drawings that the construction and operation of my device will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and that various changes'in size, shapepproportion and details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a J

solid body portion having the ends thereof expanded ,to form a circular wall, end portions each having a reducedend, said rebeing to said circular the corresponding attaching wall and welded thereto, the adjoining walls of the weld being of substantially the same thickness.

3. In a device of the class described, a

solid body portion having an enlarged end forming a circular wall and a tubular body portion having a reduced end welded to said circular wall said body and end portions being so proportioned in diameters that when the one is expanded and the other reduced the welded walls will be of substantially the same diameter and thickness.

ture.

" EYNOLD E. KLAGES'.

, 40 In testimony'whereof I afiix my -signa- 

